OLYMPICS: Louis makes the top 50 - Chris Hoy is number one

Bob French

Local gymnast Louis Smith has finished in the top 50 of a poll to discover the best British Olympians of all time.

Smith, from Eye, came in at number 46 in a poll of 2,000 people. He won individual medals at both the Beijing and London games and when he took the bronze on the pommel horse in 2008, he became the first GB gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal for 100 years.

Star track cyclist Chris Hoy was named as the best British Olympian of all time. He won two gold medals in the London Olympics to take his tally of golds to six.

Second place went to rower Sir Steve Redgrave who won gold in five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000.

Decathlete Daley Thompson came third followed by distance runner Mo Farah, who won gold in both the 10,000m and 5,000m at London 2012.

Current Olympic heptathlon champion Jessica Ennis-Hill, who was one of the medal winners during the famous ‘Super-Saturday’ of the London 2012 Olympics, completed the top five.